Example sentences of "up [art] [noun] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this current project , two studies are being carried out which should provide the next stage for following up the researchers ' first cohort of 1981 entrants . |
| 2 | The summer term , following the practice was then used to follow up the students ' own interests ; to deal with examinations ( both school and public ) and advanced level work . |
| 3 | Annie Lennox 's first solo LP Diva ( an ironic title , she claims ) will comfortably pick up the Eurythmics ' many fans , but to me its high-quality designer soul has a sterile scent . |
| 4 | They also smashed up the peasants ' illicit vodka stills . |
| 5 | There was the handsome , twenty-year-old Warrant Officer Jean Navarre , who chalked up the Cigognes ' first victories at Verdun with a right-and-a-left over Fort Douaumont the day after its fall . |
| 6 | The lacewing 's ears are at the base of each forewing , and cause the wings to fold whenever they pick up the bats ' echolocating sounds . |
| 7 | The males are also known to ‘ rape ’ other males , cementing up the victims ' genital openings to render them incapable of copulation . |
| 8 | Knowing that mere seconds might mean the difference between life and death for the hundreds of people trapped by the explosions , IMDEC responded immediately by setting up a citizens ' coordinating committee , drawing on the expertise and resources of 27 social and human rights organisations . |
| 9 | Now the editors have picked out some plums to make up a poets ' special - from Eliot and Auden , through Allen Ginsberg ( 'I think it was about the same time that I was having these Blake visions ' ) to John Ashbery and the delightful Elizabeth Bishop . |